Ferron Williams

This position leads the Maroon Council, with whom the Colonel shares executive responsibilities.

[4] After 11 years as Colonel of Accompong, he was succeeded by Richard Currie following his defeat in an election held in February 2021.

[5] He has become notable for his climate change program, which seeks to protect the ecology of the Island's Cockpit region, where this Maroon community is located.

[6] Additionally, he has become notable for his unprecedented efforts to build a cultural and economic bridge between Accompong and the Kingdom of Ashanti in Ghana.

Both groups are descendants of the Akan and Asante people, whom the Maroons claim as ancestors.